--- product_id: 3019039 title: "Sunset on the Golden Age" brand: "alestorm" price: "NT$4002" currency: TWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.tw/products/3019039-sunset-on-the-golden-age store_origin: TW region: Taiwan --- # Sunset on the Golden Age **Brand:** alestorm **Price:** NT$4002 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Sunset on the Golden Age by alestorm - **How much does it cost?** NT$4002 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tw](https://www.desertcart.tw/products/3019039-sunset-on-the-golden-age) ## Best For - alestorm enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted alestorm brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description ALESTORM present their 2014 and outstanding album Sunset on the Golden Age. Catchy songs with an abundance of parrots and eye patches showcases the piratical life on the seven seas. A real treasure for pirates and rum-loving landlubbers! Captain Christopher Bowes and his crazy crew are sailing through `Bacon Powered Pirate Core´ with sleek keyboard riffs influenced by Folk Metal and classical Power Metal. Alestorm has again completed a brilliant performance in the studio and presents us a skillful follow-up to their third studio album with this new masterpiece. Cast off and Ship AHOY! ## Images ![Sunset on the Golden Age - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/W/IMAGERENDERING_521856-T2/images/I/81xUmwfbuML.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A pleasant surprise. *by J***Y on Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2014* Perhaps I could start by state that I certainly didn't expect to be this happy with an Alestorm album this year. Additionally, if you don't like Alestorm's particular schtick, stop right now. Go buy something else; I'm sure there's some extremely self-important, totally serious album you can buy instead.So, to the confused and uninitiated, Alestorm have, in the past, been hailed as the "True Kings of Scottish Pirate Metal!" What that means, in layman's terms, is that they're pretty unabashedly silly. It's sort of a corny inside joke, that works pretty well when it's played deadpan, or with a little wink and a nod. It doesn't work particularly well when it guffaws at you while repeating itself. Fortunately, this album doesn't do that nearly as much as their previous effort, Back Through Time. On the other hand, it doesn't play quite as deadpan as Captain Morgan's Revenge or Black Sails at Midnight did.With that aside, here's a brief track-by-track.We start with Walk the Plank, which opens with a brassy fanfare, and follows through with a somewhat hardcorey riff. It's an okay song, and wouldn't be much more, if that chorus didn't latch onto you so intently. At any rate, it starts off the album in a sort of middle ground, not leaving you expecting to be blown away, or disappointed too badly.Next is Drink, which is exactly the sort of track I had in mind when I mentioned the joke working less well when the teller lears and pokes at you while waiting for laughter. Despite that, it works pretty well. It's got a simple structure that could sound tired, but they mold it more into what I imagine becoming a good mosh pit anthem. The verses are stripped down to mostly lead vox and drums, while chorus and bridge bring in the whole band, gang vocals, and strings. I think there might be an according in there somewhere, as well.Then comes Magnetic North. It's a very signature Alestorm song, chronicling a doomed quest of ship's crew. It's simultaneously a little slower and heavier than the previous two tracks. It's a pretty pronounced use of a hard/soft dichotomy in the song. More gang vocals, which are always fun, if you like gang vocals. The main melody feels very nautical to me, as well, which is a plus for their subject matter.Now for my personal favorite, 1741 (The Battle of Cartagena). It's (kind of) about a historical battle. (Search wiki for Battle of Cartagena de Indias for more on that) The song starts out with a little chiptune, then moves on to a disturbingly infectious melody line based around it. What more to say about this one? I think it might actually be regular song, and not part of some ongoing joke. It's also the second longest track on the album, at 7:17, but I haven't yet found myself wanting to cut it short. I think you could call it "epic," and not be too far wrong.After that, it almost seems a shame to follow up with Mead from Hell. On the plus side, the music here reminds me quite a bit of Finntroll. On the minus side, though, it's another one of their sillier numbers, and I have a hard time adjusting my mood after 1741. There's not anything particularly with this song; it's just seems a bit odd in context. Then again, Alestorm's themes could be summarized as Pirates, Booze, Quests, and Quests for Booze, and Evil Squids, and this song hits 4 of them, so it can stay.Surf Squid Warfare follows. It's a little bit different, in that it has a bit of a surf flare. Brings to mind a sort of piratey Agent Orange. Did I mention Evil Squids as a driving theme above? Well, you can't have an Alestorm album without fighting some sort of tentacled monstrosity. The style makes for a nice change of pace.Now we come to Quest for Ships. This song is okay, but it feels a bit longer than the 4:33 it runs. The verses and instrumental bits are pretty decent, but the chorus really loses me here.The album almost loses me with Wooden Leg. I really, really don't like this song. It starts off with a nice chunky baseline, then starts moving pretty frantically and chaotically. I think it would probably be a fun one to see them play live, but on the album I don't get much out of it. Thankfully, it doesn't hang around too long to spoil my fun.Another common thread for Alestorm, which I forgot to mention above and now don't care to edit in anywhere, is cover songs. They seem to delight in picking totally awful, absurd songs to cover, and making them quite enjoyable. This album's obligatory cover is Hangover, by Taio Cruz. It's quite a genre hop, but the subject matter is Alestorm as Alestorm is Alestorm. It's a fun song about a non-fun event, which presumably follows all the boozy questing for quest booze. Also, we get to hear someone (it doesn't really sound like lead man Christoper Bowes) rap, which is simultaneously funny and endearing.And now, dear readers, we find ourselves at the zenith of the album, the long as hell title track, Sunset on the Golden Age. The track is pretty solid. It makes fairly heavy use of looping keyboard part, reminding one pleasantly of their first full length, Captain Morgan's Revenge. The lyrical content seems remarkably introspective, to the point where I wonder if I accidentally switched the album, or I'm missing the joke the here. At any rate, they seem to be singing about facing the inevitability of death, or the end of an era, or something. As you listen to the lyrics throughout, that repeating melody seems to take on a more ominous tone. Maybe mournful might be a better word. Either way, the track actually shows a little bit of what seems like emotional range, and it's welcome, though unexpected. It makes for an excellent, if somewhat final feeling, album closer.Overall, if amazon would let me give half stars, I would probably give this album 3.5. Since I can't, I'll round up to 4, because I'm feeling magnanimous. That was way longer than I intended it to be; thanks for hanging about if you read the entire thing! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ sweet *by T***M on Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2023* some good music, the bonus CD gives a sea shanty vibe. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another fun, epic, metal release from Alestorm *by M***Z on Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2014* Alestorm are more than just a novelty act. Sure, their music is fun, but it's also pretty good music. A large part of their style is silly pirate lyrics about getting drunk and such, but they also deliver pretty good metal riffage, epic pirate-movie-soundtrack and metal elements, and colorful Celtic-folk/sea-shanty influences, making their music pretty good MUSIC as well as being goofy fun. Admittedly, the "pirate vocals" aren't great singing in a purely musical sense, but overall it works (on disc one - see below). Like their previous album, this one contains a few more epic sections with a bit of death-metal growl amongst all the folky fun. I put this on my headphones at work, and found the high-energy music lifted me out of the tired boredom of my workday. There's a cover song here ("Hangover") that sounds more like a mainstream rock/pop-punk song, and isn't nearly as good as the rest of the album - it's not bad, but it really shows how good Alestorm actually (normally) are by comparison! If you're a jewel-case fan like myself, order the one-disc edition direct from Amazon and you'll get the 2-disc version as a free download (with Amazon's "autorip"). The second disc is actually pretty nonessential, in my opinion. Most of it is acoustic versions of songs from previous albums - and the vocals don't quite pull through in the more intimate acoustic setting, so I don't think I'll listen to them much. The one new song, "Questing Upon the Poop Deck", is a rather silly ode to anal sex (although the lyrics explicitly deny this!), which is kind of weak vocally/musically, though, so (like the acoustic songs) doesn't really rate frequent listens. Going by just the first disc, though, this is a great album for anyone who likes metal, pirates, and has a sense of humor. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tw/products/3019039-sunset-on-the-golden-age](https://www.desertcart.tw/products/3019039-sunset-on-the-golden-age) --- *Product available on Desertcart Taiwan* *Store origin: TW* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*